The Central Project Management Agency (CPVA) invites public sector institutions from EU Member States to participate in EU Twinning Program training on April 15-16, 2026.
Training location: CPVA Headquarters, S. Konarskio str. 13, Vilnius, Lithuania
Registration can be found here.
TRAINING PROGRAM
Day ONE, 15 APRIL 2026
09:00 – 10:30 Welcome, Introduction and background of the Twinning instrument (Ugnė Chmeliauskaitė, CPVA; German partners)
- Introduction of the EU Twinning instrument
- Lithuanian experience in Twinning
- Legal framework, Geography and Statistics
- Latest developments
10:30 – 10:45 Coffee break
10:45 – 11:30 Main principles (Brigita Domanskytė, CPVA)
- Key players (Project Leaders, Resident Twinning Advisors, Component Leaders, Short-Term Experts, etc.)
- Role of National Contact Points
- Mandated bodies
- Twinning versus Twinning light
11:30 – 13:00 Lunch
13:00 – 14:00 Call for proposals (Milda Stravinskė, CPVA)
- Twinning Fiche and Call for Twinning and Twinning light proposals
- Member State Consortium
- Preparation of proposals
- Evaluation of proposals
14:00 – 14:15 Coffee break
14:15 – 15:00 Evaluation and Selection of the proposals (Milda Stravinskė, CPVA)
- Preparation of oral presentation
- Roles of the project team
- Typical mistakes and how to avoid them
- Questions and Answers session
15:00 – 16:00 Preparing EU Twinning Project communication and visibility plan (Milda Stravinskė, CPVA)
- Overall purpose of communication activities, key target groups
- General rules and key elements of EU visual identity
- Planning communication activities, finances, human resources
- CPVA experience
16:00 End of the first day/ 17:00 Vilnius sightseeing tour / 19:00 Dinner
Day TWO, 16 APRIL 2026
09:00-10:30 EU Twinning project implementation: Contract (Ugnė Chmeliauskaitė, CPVA)
- Twinning Contract
- Special Conditions
- Annexes to the Twinning Contract
- Drafting Twinning Work Plan
- Changes to the Twinning Contract
- Project reporting
- Project Steering Committees
- Missions
10:30 – 10:45 Coffee break
10:45 – 12:00 Financial management of EU Twinning contracts (Ugnė Chmeliauskaitė, CPVA)
- Structure of the project budget
- Eligible Cost
- Financial Management and Control
- Audit procedures
12:00 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30-14:15 Resident Twinning Advisor: On site practicalities (Ugnė Chmeliauskaitė, CPVA)
- Preparation for the Secondment
- Selection of the assistants
- Collaboration and cooperation with key partners
14:15 – 14:30 Coffee break
14:30 – 15:30 Twinning: Challenges and Opportunities (Roundtable discussion)
- Twinning tendencies
- Experience sharing
15:30-16:00 Closing of the Twinning training
More information about the training program and lecturers can be found here.
The training fee is €750 per participant.
